Wood treatment



Patented May 4, 1926.

UNITED STATES WARREN M. WEBSTER, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

WOOD TREATMENT.

Application led November 28, 1924. Serial No. 752,742.

To @ZZ fte/wm t may concern.' i

Be it known that VVAnnEN M. WEBSTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vood Treatment, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved Wood treatment to produce pictures thereon.

The object of my invention is to treat Wood in such a Way that a picture Will be formed thereon, and which Will have the appearance of being formed in the grain of the Woodthat is, it will not be pronounced.

In the annexed drawing, I have illustrated a block of Wood with a picture formed in the grain thereof.

Referring more particularly to the drawing my process is preferably carried out upon any grained material, preferably straight grain Wood, and ruiming in one direct-ion only, although this is not absolutely essential.

The picture is foi-ined on the block l by staining the foreground thereof in the grain of the wood with any sniall pointed instrunient, such as a sable brush, as shown at 2. This foreground may be stained any desirable color to suit the requirements of the picture. The high lines on the picture are left unstained, as shown at 3, thus bringing out the details of the picture.

The background at either side of the portion 2 is stained a lighter color, as shown at Li. Certain of the more defined grain lines, as shown at 5, are accentuated by staining in glance. After this has been completed, the

entire block l is covered with a colored. varnish, thus retaining all of the stain in place preventing it from running and distorting' the picture.

Certain fine lines may also be carried over the picture in a careless manner to give a further natural appearance, as if the picture were actually formed in thegrain of the Wood.

Having described my invention, I claiin:

l. The process of treating Wood to forni pictures thereon which consists in forming the picture of lines all of Which run in the direction of the grain of the Wood, and covering the picture with colored varnish.

2. The process of ornainenting Wood Which consists in forming a design on the surface of the Wood, said design being formed of parallel lines all of Which run in the grain of the Wood, and covering said surface with a colored varnish.

3. The process of ornainenting Wood Which consists in placing a design on the surface of the Wood, the foreground of said design being formed of colored lines, the background of said design being formed of lighter colored lines, all of said lines running in the direction of the grain of the Wood, in accentuatiiig the natural grain lines of the Wood and in covering said surface With a colored varnish. y.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

VARREN M. WEBSTER. 

